WOODMAN Edward, Jr.

WOODMAN Edward, Jr.[1]

Male 1606 - 1692  (~ 85 years)

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  • Name WOODMAN Edward 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Christening 27 Dec 1606  Corsham, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1636  Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Church Member 1674  Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Address:
    1st Parish Church 
    Living Feb 1687/8  Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    _UID 8E50AB5077D65344B212154D5935BC44712E 
    Death 3 Jul 1692  Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Burial Aft 3 Jul 1692  Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Address:
    Burying Ground of the First Settlers 
    Edward Woodman memorial gravestone
    Edward Woodman memorial gravestone

    In memory of
    MR. EDWARD WOODMAN
    who came from England and
    settled in Newbury in 1635.
    "A man of talents, influence,
    firmness and decision."
    He served faithfully for many years
    as Selectman Deputy to the General
    Court and Commissioner.
    He died about 1690.

    Notes 
    • Deputy from Newbury to the General Court, 5 April 1635. Arrived aboard "James" of London (record said he was a merchant from Malford not Corsham, but Christian Malford is in Wiltshire 11 mi from Corsham)? [Pioneers of Massachusetts, Surnames W-X, page 513]

      Name appears on the Colonial records 11 May 1670 as the deputy from Newbury.

      Died between 16 Aug and 3 July 1692 and his wife Joanna died after Feb 1687/88.
      [Series 2, Volume 3, [Woodman] / The Will of Dorothie Wooll / Yule Family Record, Page 904 ]

      The town of Newbury, MA, was settled and incorporated in 1635. In that year came Mr. Edward Woodman, his wife Joanna, and Archelaus Woodman to Newbury, where they resided till their death. Archelaus came from a place called Christian Malford, a parish in Wiltshire, in the Northwest part of the County, about six miles from Maimesbury, the chief town of that part of the country. He came passenger in the ship James, of London, which sailed from Southampton for New England, in April, 1635. A few weeks later than the James came the Abigail, bringing a Richard Woodman, only 9 years old. Whether Mr. Edward Woodman, who was probably brother to Archelaus Woodman, came in the James or Abigail, or some other vessel, no record informs us. Both of them came to Newbury at the same time. Richard died in Lynn in 1647, aged 21. Of the ninety-one grantees who settled Newbury, fifteen were entitled to the appellation of "Mr." One of these fifteen was Mr. Edward Woodman. He was a man of influence, decision and energy, and opposed with great zeal the attempt made by the Rev. Thomas Parker to change the mode of Church government from Congregationalism to something like Presbyterianism.

      Mr. Woodman was a deputy to the General Court, in 1636, 37, '39 and '43. In 1638, 1641, 1645 and '46, he was one of the three Commissioners to end small causes in Newbury, and at various times held other offices of profit and trust in town and state. Among his other commissions he had one from the State "to see people marry," of which in 1681 he thus speaks: "an unprofitable commission; I quickly laid aside the worke, which has cost me many a bottle of sacke and liquor, where friends and acquaintance have been concerned." He and his wife Joanna were living in February, 1687-8.

      She was then 74. He died prior to 1694; his age is not known.
      [A List of Some of the Descendants of Mr Edward Woodman, page 5-6]

      EDWARD, Newbury, elder brother of Archelaus, came, says Coffin, with him, bringing wife and sons Edward b. 1628, and John; had here Joshua, the first English male child of the town, b. 1636 or 7; Sarah, 12 Jan. 1642; Jonathan, 5 Nov. 1643; Ruth, 28 Mar. 1646; and, Coffin adds, perhaps others; was freeman 25 May 1636, rep. Sept. following and 7, and several years. later. His widow or wife Joanna is mentioned 9 Nov. 1653 in the rec. but the time of his d. is not mentioned. 
      [Savage vol 4, page 640]
    Person ID I53196  Noyes Family Genealogy
    Last Modified 13 Apr 2019 

    Father WOODMAN Edward, Sr.,   c. 9 Oct 1574, Corsham, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother MALLETT Collett,   b. 1576   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 30 Jun 1600  Corsham, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Family ID F40404  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family SALWAY Joanna,   b. Abt 1614, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft Feb 1687/8 (Age ~ 74 years) 
    Marriage 1628  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 8
    Children 
     1. WOODMAN Edward, III,   b. Abt 1628, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 16 Dec 1693 and 27 Sep 1694 (Age ~ 65 years)
     2. Capt. WOODMAN John, Sr.,   b. Abt 1630, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Sep 1706 (Age ~ 76 years)
     3. WOODMAN Joshua, Sr.,   b. Abt 1636, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 May 1703 (Age ~ 67 years)
     4. WOODMAN Mary,   b. Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     5. WOODMAN Sara,   b. 12 Jan 1640/1, Newbury, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     6. Serg. WOODMAN Jonathan, Sr.,   c. 8 Nov 1643, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Nov 1706 (Age ~ 63 years)
     7. WOODMAN Ruth,   b. 28 Mar 1646, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F21092  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2024 

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  • Sources 
    1. [S6251] Internet-Database-ancestry.com-A list of some of the descendants of Mr. Edward Woodman, p.6.

    2. [S6252] Internet-Database-ancestry.com-England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906, Corsham, Wiltshire, England; Date Range: 1563 - 1714; Film Number: 1279377.

    3. [S175] Book-Torrey; NE Marriages Prior to 1700, p.838.

    4. [S116] Book-Old Families of Salisbury & Amesbury, MA, p.365.

    5. [S86] Death-gravestone, Burying Ground of the First Settlers; Newbury, MA.

    6. [S3808] Internet-Find A Grave, Find A Grave Memorial #6880833.

    7. [S6253] Internet-Database-ancestry.com-England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1940, Corsham, Wiltshire, England; Date Range: 1563 - 1714; Film Number: 1279377.

    8. [S6057] Internet-Database-ancestry.com-U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900.